先发制人
Traditional form:
先發制人
Pinyin (reading):
xiānfāzhìrén
Definitions:
- (idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first; to preempt
Characters:
- 先 - first, former, previous
- 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
- 制 - system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
- 人 - man, person; people
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